About the author: an overview of my carving experience.

Hello, and thank you for checking out my carving blog. Here you will find photos, descriptions, information, and links to artists who inspire my work. I learned the basics of carving from my father when I was very young, and then when I was in high school (Bronx High School of Science) I began to explore the world of carving more independently.  I went to Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and continued carving when school wasn't in session.

Although I was initially introduced to carving using chisels and other hand tools, I came to realize that power carving allows me to explore a wide range of carving options that I would find difficult with chisels. I use a MasterCarver flex-shaft device to carve my different projects.

I carve a variety of different materials, including woods and roots, stone, bone, and even food.  My favorite material to work with are certain tree roots that have rocks stuck in them.  Although they are hard to find, they are truly unique because the tree has literally grown over the rocks, incorporating them into the tree itself.

I've more recently tried creating mosaic pieces that I've then painted.  The idea is to create a mosaic by carving out a shallow line where the grout would be.  The surface of the wood would then act as the "tile" and would be painted, while the grout (where the wood had been shallowly dug out) might be stained or left in its natural state.  My interest in mosaic work stems largely from my time in Spain through the Malaga program at Dickinson College.  Check out my other posts for details.

To the left is a picture of a swan that I carved using a daikon (a type of radish). The daikon is what I used for the body. The beak is carrot, as is the grass in the back. The eyes are caraway seeds, and the green on the wings are cucumber skin. The wings are separate from the body (carved out of flat strips of daikon).


When i finished taking pictures of it, I dipped it in tempurah batter and deep fried it. It was delicious.





Will Worsnopp, Dickinson College, Bronx High School of Science, Sidney Central School, carving, powercarver